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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Brynjolfur Thorsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Stefan Axelsson, Kopavogur, IS;
Brynjolfur Thorsson, Reykjavik, IS;
Stefan Axelsson, Kopavogur, IS;
Marel HF, Gardabaer, IS;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for processing items such as pieces of meat, comprising the steps of providing a stream of itemsby means of a primary conveyor means, allocating at least partly by means of a computer systemone or more of said itemsto one of at least two workstationswhere said itemsare processed, e.g. cut and/or trimmed, resulting in one or more processed items, registering in said computer systeminformation about a return of at least one of said one or more processed itemsto said primary conveyor means, and returning said at least one of said one or more processed itemsto said primary conveyor meansin accordance with said information about a return. The invention further relates to a system for processing items such as pieces of meat, said system comprising the means essential to carry out the above-mentioned method.